Abstract
- Accessible now on XBOX Collection X|S and PC.
- The subsequent chapter within the Japanese psychological horror collection and plans for future updates.
- How we deal with numerous social points through the horror sport medium.
Good day all at XBOX!
My identify is Sebastiano Serafini, and I’m the CEO and Founding father of Serafini Productions – the workforce behind the BrokenLore universe. At the moment, we’re very excited to announce the discharge of the newest addition to the BrokenLore collection, BrokenLore: Don’t Lie. In addition to being a standalone title, Don’t Lie is an element of a bigger narrative thread that shines a light-weight on totally different views of sure social points.
BrokenLore: Don’t Lie
BrokenLore: Don’t Lie is a few younger hikikomori named Junko who should navigate her traumatic previous earlier than her actuality slips from her grasp. For these unfamiliar, hikikomori are reclusive people who withdraw from social life, in search of isolation for quite a lot of social or psychological causes.
Because the boundaries between reminiscence and actuality start to fracture because of Junko’s withdrawal from the surface world, acquainted locations rework into reflections of her previous. Step by step, she should confront the folks, experiences, and feelings she has spent years suppressing earlier than she loses herself.
How Does This Hook up with BrokenLore: Don’t Watch?
Junko and Shinji (The protagonist of Don’t Watch) met in a rehabilitation centre within the 12 months 2020. They have been each present process therapy for his or her totally different psychiatric problems, which in flip led them to turn out to be hikikomori. Don’t Watch covers Shinji’s story, and the origins surrounding his personal isolation.
Don’t Lie is Junko’s story.
The place Did the Thought for the BrokenLore Collection Come From?
The thought behind BrokenLore got here from our want to create an interconnected narrative universe that would discover totally different social points that really feel related to us.
I favored the thought of telling a fragmented story: every sport can stand by itself and discover its personal characters and themes, however gamers who’re curious sufficient to look deeper can step by step join these fragments.
From the start, we needed BrokenLore to be greater than only a collection of horror video games. Horror is the medium we use to inform these tales, however on the core of every sport are very human experiences.
The subject of hikikomori was notably attention-grabbing to me as a result of I’ve lived in Japan for a few years and have seen how social withdrawal is mentioned and perceived right here. After all, isolation and social withdrawal are under no circumstances completely Japanese points, however Japan was the angle via which I first turned notably within the topic.
The Subsequent Chapter in The BrokenLore Universe
With this latest chapter, we’re additionally exploring one other phenomenon that we now have more and more seen round us: folks’s relationships with AI companions. An increasing number of individuals are turning to AI instruments to not solely to search out data, but additionally to debate private issues or search recommendation. That statement was a part of the inspiration behind our character in Don’t Lie – Miki-chan.
What you might have seen thus far is actually solely the start. We’ve many extra tales that we need to inform inside this universe, which is why we’re very pleased to have companions reminiscent of Wired Productions and Shochiku supporting us on that journey. Hopefully these collaborations can proceed as BrokenLore grows, as a result of there are nonetheless many themes, characters and tales that we need to discover. Having the chance to inform them via video video games—and probably have these tales imply one thing to the individuals who play them—is without doubt one of the most satisfying components of making BrokenLore for me.
Thanks to all who’ve performed BrokenLore: Don’t Watch, and I hope you get pleasure from BrokenLore: Don’t Lie. You may decide it up immediately on XBOX SERIES X|S and PC.
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE
Wired Productions
$15.99
$14.39
BrokenLore: DON’T LIE is a Japanese psychological horror sport exploring trauma, isolation, and a fractured actuality the place notion turns into more and more unreliable.
Step into the lifetime of Junko, a hikikomori whose fastidiously managed world begins to unravel because the previous resurfaces in methods she will now not ignore.
Raised by a father who was at all times current however by no means really there, Junko discovered early to retreat inward. When her few makes an attempt at connection have been met with rejection and humiliation, she shut herself away from the surface world.
Because the boundaries between reminiscence and actuality start to fracture, acquainted locations rework into reflections of her previous. Via exploration, unsettling encounters, and the gradual unravelling of Junko’s story, she should confront the folks, experiences, and feelings she has spent years attempting to flee earlier than she loses herself utterly.
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Japanese First-person psychological horror: Discover, examine, and survive inside a grounded, slow-burn descent into paranoia and notion.
Confined exploration: Search Junko’s condominium and surrounding distorted areas via messages, recordsdata, and environmental clues to uncover hidden truths.
Stress: Keep out of sight and transfer fastidiously as an unseen presence begins to trace your behaviour.
Fractured actuality: Shift between acquainted environments and warped liminal areas formed by Junko’s reminiscences, the place her reminiscences and fears manifest.
BrokenLore Collection: DON’T LIE is a part of the “BrokenLore” collection of video games that may be performed and loved as a standalone story.
Wired Productions: Produced by psychological narrative specialists, WP, including extra layers of narrative and depth, for a richer expertise.
